So many promises held in the time to come. So many things to do, and what a great time to start them. I usually shy away from starting things around this time, just because of the obvious misconception that it is some sort of Resolution made in collaboration with a "new" year.
Then again, that defeats the purpose of bettering myself, doesn't it? I put off things that I mean to do simply because of how someone else might perceive them. That's just as self-defeating as a tradition that falsifies a sense of wholeness.
Risks are risks because we do not know the outcome. If One dwells in the safety nets and securities that keep them from disaster, then One has lived a life that is not worth living. One has become nothing.
This One shall overcome. This One shall rise from the shadows and become a beacon.
Then again, that defeats the purpose of bettering myself, doesn't it? I put off things that I mean to do simply because of how someone else might perceive them. That's just as self-defeating as a tradition that falsifies a sense of wholeness.
Risks are risks because we do not know the outcome. If One dwells in the safety nets and securities that keep them from disaster, then One has lived a life that is not worth living. One has become nothing.
This One shall overcome. This One shall rise from the shadows and become a beacon.
your journal: i have the same tendencies altho mine arent from worrying about others perceptions, but the nagging feeling that im too old to start